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A man snored so loudly inside a train compartment that other passengers made him stay up as punishment so that they could get some sleep, according to media reports. The passenger, identified only by his first name, Ramchandra, however, took the whole thing in his stride and decided not to …

Checkout this throwback story of how an entire village gathered to prevent a couple from having their 18th child. In their desire to have a second son, a Gujarati couple had 17 children–16 of them daughters–until their neighbours convinced them to stop. Ram Sinh, 44, and his 40-year-old wife Kanu …

An Indian politician has offered to reward anyone who kills a sex offender, with £1,000, following the rapid rise of sex attacks in the state of Bihar, India. Rajesh Ranjan, also known as Pappu Yadav, pledged the bounty of Rs100,000 in cash after an official report revealed that more than 7,300 …

A doctor at a hospital in Bangkok was baffled after she found a lizard living inside the head of a patient, who came to the facility complaining of ear pain. According to local media, physician Varanya Nganthavee, 25, attended to the patient at Rajavithi Hospital. Nganthavee said that during the examination of the patient …

A cafe in Thailand is using a shocking strategy to attract customers, closing them in coffins after finishing coffee. The Death Awareness Cafe in Bangkok features mortuary-inspired decor and coffins placed for customers to spend time closed inside after their purchased beverages. Veeranut Rojanaprapa, the cafe’s owner, said the purpose …

An ancient palace has emerged from an Iraqi reservoir after water levels dropped due to severe drought. The ancient is the Mittani Empire cite being recovered. The site was flooded when the Mosul Dam was built in the mid-1980s before archaeologists were able to examine it. Because of the conditions, …

This unbelievable video was recorded by CCTV. The chilling CCTV footage captured the moment a two-year-old girl fell from her second floor family apartment and was caught by a teenager standing below. According to ABC News, Doha Muhammed was caught by 17-year-old Feuzi Zabaat, who noticed that she was about to …

A baby in Indonesia has been awarded the title of “world’s strangest name” after it was revealed that his parents legally registered him as “Google”; no surname or middle name, just Google, just like the search engine. The eight-month-old boy’s father, 31-year-old Andi Cahya Saputra, told Indonesian media that he …

A family in India has gone viral for deciding not to cut down an age-long tree but instead built their house around it. When the Kesharwani family in Jabalpur, India, decided to expand their home back in 1994, they pondered what to do about the giant fig tree growing in their garden. …

A 46-year old Thai woman recently issued a public cry for help after her breasts suddenly started to grow a few months ago, leaving her unable to work or even move around without using crutches. Thai media recently presented the case of Lam Phrai Si Nuan, a 46-year-old woman from a …